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Though the COVID-19 pandemic has been a fast-evolving situation, the team at UT Southwestern Medical Center, based in Dallas, has been sharing important and useful information with its communities every step of the way. Now it’s focused on vaccination — offering “what to know” about COVID-19…
AHA statement on star ratings update from Senior Vice President for Public Policy Analysis Development Ashley Thompson.
As New York City continues to expand vaccine eligibility, NYC Health + Hospitals has been a leader in the race to vaccinate New Yorkers.
Health systems like Johns Hopkins Medicine are demonstrating that by bringing together the right partners, proactively getting information to communities and meeting people where they are, we can build trust, create confidence and save lives.
This week, Hacking Healthcare begins by exploring how North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance members are strengthening their collective response to cyberattacks and disinformation operations against critical infrastructure sectors, and how such exercises are especially…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late on April 27, 2021, issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS proposed rule for fiscal year 2022. AHA staff are reviewing the rule.
AHA Statement on FY 2022 Proposed IPPS Rule from Executive Vice President Tom Nickels.
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a critical component to modern health information technology infrastructures. Due to their role in passing information between resources, they present themselves as an enticing target for attackers to either carry out data breaches or as hop points…
The AHA and Texas Hospital Association filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and several Texas hospitals and health systems challenging a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Departmental Appeals Board decision adopting a “net effect”…
n April 26, 2021, HHS Office for Civil Rights in Action (OCR) was made aware of postcards being sent to healthcare organizations advising recipients that they are required to participate in a “Required Security Risk Assessment” which can be completed at www[.]hsaudit.org.